Air Tractor AT-400#Variants
{{Infobox aircraft
| name = AT-400 family
| image = File:AirTractor_402.jpg
| caption = An AT-402 in operation, spraying a field in Washington State
| type = Agricultural aircraft
| manufacturer = Air Tractor
| designer =
| first_flight = 1979
| introduction = 1980
| retired =
| status = Active, in production
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| more_users =
| produced = 1979-present
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The Air Tractor AT-400 is a family of agricultural aircraft that first flew in the United States in September 1979. Type certification was awarded to Air Tractor in April 1980. Of low-wing monoplane taildragger configuration, they carry a chemical hopper between the engine firewall and the cockpit.
Variants
- AT-400 - AT-301 with 680 shp (507 kW) Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-15AG engine and 400 US gal (1,510 L) hopper. Short-span (45 ft 1¼ in (13.75 m)) wings.{{Harvnb|Taylor|1988|p=323}} 72 built.{{harvnb|Jackson|2003|p=507}}
- AT-400A - AT-400 with 550 hp (410 kW) Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-20 engine. 14 built.
- AT-401 - AT-301 with longer-span wings and 400 US gal (1,510 L) hopper, powered by 600 hp (447 kW) Pratt & Whitney R-1340 radial engine. 168 built.
- AT-401A - AT-401 with PZL-3S engine. One built.
- AT-401B -Improved revision of AT-401, with revised wingtips and further increased span (51 ft 1¼ in (15.57 m)). 69 built by December 2001.
- AT-402 - AT-401 with Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-15 engine. 68 built.
- AT-402A - low cost version of AT-401B, with Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-20 engine. 103 built by December 2001.
- AT-402B - improved version of AT-402, with revised wingtips and increased span of AT-401B. 31 built by December 2001.
Aircraft on display
- AT-400A N3159D is on display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia. It is decorated in a livery depicting Dusty Crophopper from the 2013 animated film Planes, having been given the livery at the request of Disneytoon Studios prior to its acquisition by the museum.{{Cite web |title=Air Tractor AT-400A "Dusty Crophopper" {{!}} National Air and Space Museum |url=https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/air-tractor-400a-dusty-crophopper/nasm_A20210562000 |access-date=2024-02-13 |website=airandspace.si.edu |language=en}}
Specifications (AT-401)
{{Aircraft specs
|ref=Janes's All The World's Aircraft 1993-94.{{Harvnb|Lambert|1993|pp=412–413}}
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|height ft=8
|height in=6
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|wing area sqft=294.0
|airfoil=NACA 4415
|aspect ratio=8.20:1
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|empty weight lb=4135
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|max takeoff weight lb=7860
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|eng1 number=1
|eng1 name=Pratt & Whitney R-1340
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|eng1 hp=600
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|max speed mph=156
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|cruise speed mph=120–140
|cruise speed note=(typical working speed)
|stall speed mph=61
|stall speed note=at {{convert|6000|lb|kg|abbr=on}} (max. landing weight) (flaps down)
|range km=
|range miles=630
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See also
References
=Notes=
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=Bibliography=
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- {{cite book |editor-last=Jackson |editor-first=Paul |title=Jane's All The World's Aircraft 2003–2004 |year=2003 |publisher= Jane's Information Group|location=Coulsdon, UK |isbn=0-7106-2537-5 }}
- {{cite book|editor-last=Lambert|editor-first=Mark|title=Jane's All The Worlds Aircraft 1993–94|publisher=Janes's Data Division|location=Coudsdon, UK|date=1993|isbn=0-7106-1066-1}}
- {{cite book |last= Simpson |first= R. W. |title=Airlife's General Aviation |year=1995 |publisher=Airlife Publishing |location=Shrewsbury |pages=31–32 }}
- {{cite book|editor-last=Taylor |editor-first=John W. R.|author-link=John W. R. Taylor |title=Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1988-89 |year= 1988|publisher=Jane's Defence Data |location=Coulsden, UK |isbn= 0-7106-0867-5 }}
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External links
{{Commons category}}
- [http://www.airtractor.com/ Air Tractor - www.airtractor.com]
{{Air Tractor aircraft}}
Category:1970s United States agricultural aircraft
Category:Single-engined tractor aircraft